Yemen Times

The Yemen Times was an independent English-language newspaper in Yemen.[1] The paper was published twice weekly.[2]

History and profile

Yemen Times was founded in 1991 by Abdulaziz Al-Saqqaf, a leading economist and human rights activist, who was also its editor and publisher until he died in a traffic accident in 1999. In the paper's mission statement, he wrote that: "We use the Yemen Times to make Yemen a good world citizen."[3] The paper is based in Sana'a.[4]

As of 2007, Nadia Al-Sakkaf was the editor-in-chief of the daily.[5] The paper has offices and correspondents all over the country. It supports press freedom, respect for human rights, political pluralism and democracy. It promotes non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other forms of civil-society organizations. At the economic front, it supports liberalization and open interaction with other nations. The paper and its editor were awarded the NPC's International Award for Freedom of the Press for 1995.[3] In 2004, managing editor Iona Craig won the Martha Gellhorn Prize for her work with the paper.[6] The paper also won the Free Media Pioneer Award by the International Press Institute in 2006.[7]

The first national English-language Yemeni newspapers were published in 1960s in Aden. These were Aden Chronicle by Mohammed Ali Luqmān and The Recorder by Muhmmad Bā-Sharāhīl. The publication of these and their sister Arabic-language newspapers Fatāt ul-Jazīrah and Al-Ayyam ceased when the National Front for the Liberation of South Yemen (NLF) took power in the then People's Republic of South Yemen, (PRSY) (later known as the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen, PDRY) in 1967. The publication of Al-'Ayyam was resumed after the unification of the two sectors of Yemen in 1990.[8]

During the Yemeni Civil War in 2015, the newspaper was unable to continue issuing the printed version of the newspaper and deemed defunct. The website says that it "hopes to resume when conditions permit."[9]

See also

Notes

    References
    1. Guardian Staff (5 February 2002). "World news guide: Middle East". The Guardian.
    2. "Yemen Times newspaper online". Newspaperhunt (The Newspapers Search Engine).
    3. "About Yemen Times". Yemen Times. 18 April 2010. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
    4. "Independent newspapers in Yemen: Situation and future horizons" (Report). Yemen Polling Center. 10 May 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
    5. "Impressions from Beirut". The Arab Press Network. 22 June 2007. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
    6. "American Media Institute – Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism". American Media Institute. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
    7. "Free Media Pioneer Award". International Press Institute. Archived from the original on 15 March 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
    8. "Farouk Luqman to the Yemen Times: President Saleh is the best option for today's Yemen". Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
    9. "Front Page". Yemen Times. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
    • Official website
    • For a book review on Nushou' wa Tatawur Al-Sahafa fi Adan (the burgeoning and development of journalism in Aden), 1937–1967, by Abdulrahman Khobara (175 pages, published by Al-Amal for Printing and Publishing), see Yemen Times
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